The Writing Teacher's Activity-a-Day
180 Reproducible Prompts and Quick-Writes for the Secondary Classroom
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Teaching, Teaching Methods
| Author: | Mary Ellen Ledbetter | ISBN: | 9780470559468 |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | December 4, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Jossey-Bass | Language: | English |
| Author: | Mary Ellen Ledbetter |
| ISBN: | 9780470559468 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | December 4, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Jossey-Bass |
| Language: | English |
Classroom-tested methods for boosting secondary students' writing skills
The Writing Teacher's Activity-a-Day offers teachers, homeschoolers, and parents 180 ready-to-use, reproducible activities that enhance writing skills in secondary students. Based on Ledbetter's extensive experience consulting to language arts teachers and school districts across the country, the classroom-tested activities included in this book teach students key literary and writing terms like allegory, elaboration, irony, personification, propaganda, voice, and more--and provide them with engaging examples that serve as models for their own Quick Writes.
- Contains writing prompts and sample passages in student-friendly language that connects abstract literary concepts to students' own lives
- Written by popular workshop presenter and veteran educator Mary Ellen Ledbetter
- Offers a user-friendly, value-packed resource for teaching writing skills
Designed for English language arts teachers in grades 6-12, tutors, parents, learning specialists, homeschoolers, and consultants.
Classroom-tested methods for boosting secondary students' writing skills
The Writing Teacher's Activity-a-Day offers teachers, homeschoolers, and parents 180 ready-to-use, reproducible activities that enhance writing skills in secondary students. Based on Ledbetter's extensive experience consulting to language arts teachers and school districts across the country, the classroom-tested activities included in this book teach students key literary and writing terms like allegory, elaboration, irony, personification, propaganda, voice, and more--and provide them with engaging examples that serve as models for their own Quick Writes.
- Contains writing prompts and sample passages in student-friendly language that connects abstract literary concepts to students' own lives
- Written by popular workshop presenter and veteran educator Mary Ellen Ledbetter
- Offers a user-friendly, value-packed resource for teaching writing skills
Designed for English language arts teachers in grades 6-12, tutors, parents, learning specialists, homeschoolers, and consultants.
